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Item Ships From: Italy
Pink Art Decò Barovier e Toso "Fountain" Pendant Light, Murano Glass, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Murano chandelier made by Barovier and Toso glassworks. Design period: 1930s\1950s. The chandelier consists of 8 low leaves and 6 tall glass elements cascading down, a be...
Category

1940s Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Grande lampadario con listelli vetro di Murano ispirato al mid-century italiano
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Grande lampadario made in Italy con listelli artistici in vetro di Murano colore moka, ispirato al mid-century italiano Direttamente dalla fonte: Non siamo semplici rivenditori, ma ...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Set of 2 Murano Glass Chandeliers Amber 6-Lights, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 2 Murano glass chandeliers amber 6-lights, 1960s Golden metal structure, intact and in good condition. Small signs of aging Diameter 40 cm. Height of the chandelier alone 50 c...
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

21st-Century, glass and brass 5-light applique with Horn
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
5-light sconces in golden and gunsmoke brass and ribed clear glass. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. It can be combined w...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Art Déco Murano Glass Wall Lamps in the Seguso style
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Argelato, BO
Two rare and refined Art Deco wall lamps in Murano glass in the Seguso style, Italy 1940s The works come from an important house in the center of the city of Bologna
Category

1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Italian Mid-Century Murano Glass Flush Mount Light with Swirl Glass, 1970
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous flush mount light or wall sconce produced in Italy in the 1970s. For now we have 4 same pieces available. The beautiful Murano glass of excellent quality and shiny color is ...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Mazzega Chandelier in Murano Glass and Steel
By Angelo Vittorio Mazzega
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant chandelier model Ragnatela by Angelo Vittorio Mazzega. This unique chandelier is composed of pieces of glass. Every single piece of glass is made by hand with the casting m...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian 19th Century Two-Tiers Capodimonte Porcelain Chandelier with Roses
By Capo Di Monte
Located in Firenze, IT
This magnificent antique 19th Century two-tiers porcelain chandelier has an exceptional quality. It was crafted by the renowned Italian Capodimonte pottery...
Category

19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Italy - Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Chandelier, 8 Arms Aubergine Murano Glass by Multiforme
By Multiforme
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Multiforme Tobia chandelier 8 lights. Aubergine Murano glass with castle arms climbing arms. The blown glass chandelier Tobia harks back to the design typical of the first half of th...
Category

2010s Italian Other Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

1970’s Vintage Italian Murano chandelier lamp in Vistosi style 23 pink glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 23 fantastic Murano white and pink glasses ("crostoli") in a nickel metal frame. Period: late xx century Dimens...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Art Glass

Scandinavian vintage brass and fabric floor lamp
By Carl-Axel Acking, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Brescia, IT
Vintage brass floor lamp with light fabric shade, inspired by the style of Hans-Agne Jakobsson and ASEA. Clean lines and balanced proportions define this vintage Scandinavian-style ...
Category

1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Four Wall Sconces Murano Discs
By Vistosi
Located in Budapest, HU
Four Italian Murano sconces in Vistosi style. Wall lights have 6 glass for each, blue alabaster glasses. Nickel metal frame. Period: late XX century Dimensions: 11,80 inches (30 cm) ...
Category

1990s European Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

FORNASETTI Pair of Vintage Table Lamps
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with book motif and butterfly (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s Original labe...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

1960s Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide 'NOT A REPLICA'
By Artemide
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Original orange "Dalù" table lamp in ABS by Vico Magistretti for Artemide (NOT A REPLICA). Made in Italy in 1965. The lamp works perfectly and it is in very good condition. Thi...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Italian Iron and Glass Lantern, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Splendid Italian lanterns made around the 1960s. Measurements: 90 cm in height and 30 in diameter, 50 cm without chain. Mount a European standard e27 light. There are signs of aging ...
Category

1960s Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Iron

Italian Murano Glass Peach Colored Flushmount Ceiling Lamp, 1930s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian Art Deco Murano Glass Peach Colored Flushmount Ceiling Lamp, 1930s
Category

1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Mid-Century Modern Poliarte Chandelier Iron and hammered glass Design Italy 70s
By Poliarte
Located in Palermo, IT
Poliarte Chandelier, Italy circa 1970. The lamp radiates geometric segments of translucent and colored glass, chipped by hand, alternating, creating a circular relief that interrupts...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass, Iron

Charming Glass Tube Chandeliers, 30 Albaster Pink Glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage glass chandelier with albaster pink glass tubes. The armor polished nickel supports 36 large glass tubes in a star shape. The ...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Gae Aulenti White Pipistrello Table or Floor Lamp by Martinelli Luce 1965
By Martinelli Luce, Gae Aulenti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Pipistrello table or floor lamp with a base in white lacquered aluminum, extensible telescopic structure in stainless steel, and white opal methacrylate diffuser. It was designed by ...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Iron

Large Murano glass Chandelier -100 turquoise Felci glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 100 large turquoise glass leaves felci plus a glass sphere used as a ...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

Italian mid-century modern chandelier Pentaclinio by Magistretti Artemide, 1970s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern chandelier Pentaclinio by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970s Ceiling lamp or chandelier model Pentaclinio with five opaline glass diffusers. Each cylindr...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Carrara Marble Sconce by Il Paralume Marina
By Il Paralume Marina
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and contemporary, this wall sconce features a cylindrical shade of Pyrex glass and white Carrara marble supported by a round wall mount made of metal with a soft golden. Addi...
Category

2010s Italian Italy - Lighting

Materials

Marble

Wall Lamp Maestri Muranesi Mid-Century Italy 1970s Murano Glass
By Maestri Muranesi
Located in Palermo, IT
Two-light wall lamp, chromed steel structure, diffusers with 14 curled elements in transparent and green glass .Divided into 2 levels . Italian production ca. 1970. Please watch the ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Monumental Extra Large Antique White Alabaster Chandelier, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Extraordinary Antique white alabaster hanging chandelier in Art Deco style, circa 1940s, extremely rare because of its large diameter and its only stone and chain. The chandelier is supported by 4 vintage iron chains...
Category

1940s Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Alabaster

Mario Marenco chandelier Chyntia 1970s
By Artemide, Mario Marenco
Located in bari, IT
Suspension lamp model Chyntia in die-cut aluminum and satin-finished steel with futuristic and architectural shapes, by designer Mario Marenco for Artemide 1970s.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Florian Large Horn & Brass Table Lamp
By Arcahorn Srl.
Located in Milan, IT
A burnished brass structure welcoming rectangular inserts of precious authentic horn lends this table lamp its distinctive exotic flair. Fashioned of fine ivory shantung, the stately...
Category

2010s Italian Italy - Lighting

Materials

Gold, Brass

Mid-Century Rattan and Wicker "Lantern" Sconce, Louis Sognot, France, 1960s
By Louis Sognot
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning French Riviera style wall lamp fully made in curved rattan, hand-woven wicker and cane with a parchment shade. This charming sconce was made in France during the 1960s and i...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Bamboo, Cane, Rattan, Parchment Paper

Pair Beautiful Italian Leaves Chandeliers Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair Beautiful Italian Murano Chandeliers each composed by 36 splendid transparent glasses that give a very elegant look. The glasses of this chandelier are real works of art. Period...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Mid Century Modern Style Brass and Murano Glass Big Chandelier
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Elegant Murano glass chandelier with a luxurious vintage design. This light features 16 arms, the frame is made of brass and blown glass with gold leaf, translucent glass. The centra...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Italian Murano Sconces
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Pair of Vintage Italian Murano wall lights in the manner of Mazzega – caramel lattimo glass petals Pair of Vintage Italian Murano appliques in the manner of Mazzega. Wall lights have...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Pair of Sconces in White Milk color Murano Glass Attributed 1960s Italy
By Venini
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of Sconces in White Milk color Murano Glass Attributed 1960s Italy Pair of amazing white milk, sconces, entirely manufactured in the Italian Venetian Murano Island, in blown Mu...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass

Large Pagoda shaped French lantern in golden metal from the 1970s
Located in Roma, RM
Large Pagoda-shaped lantern made in France in the 1970s with internal mirror base. It can be used both as a ceiling and table lamp. Dimensions: 90 H x 50 D cm
Category

1970s French Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Bespoke Striking Modern Venetian Murano Chandelier in trasparent limited edition
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Villaverla, IT
Striking Modern Venetian Chandelier in Handcrafted Transparent Murano Glass, Limited Edition contemporary, Italy. Discover the luminous beauty of this exceptional modern Italian ch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Pair of Sconces by FILC MIlano attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich , 1950
By FILC MIlano 1, Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in taranto, IT
wonderful pair of sconces designed in 1950 and attributed to guglielmo ulrich for filc Milano, made in brass structure with a white opaline glass worked shade. wonderful for those ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

1970s Mid-Century Modern White Murano Glass Cascade Chandelier by Mazzega
By Mazzega
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An amazing white frosted murano glass chandelier designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies. It's composed by a gilded metal and iced murano glass elements, it has never used because came from an important lighting shop in Italy...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Pair of Giant Italian Chandeliers, Murano
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Budapest, HU
The chandelier is made by 389 alternating "tronchi" ice, snow and amber. The effect is of majestically elegance.
Category

2010s Italian Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Eight Lights Chandelier Brass & Glass by Oscar Torlasco, Italy 1960s
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing chandelier in brass and glass by Oscar Torlasco. Made in Italy in the 1960s. It uses 8 bulbs.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Cylindrical Metal Lamp Base Viso Black/White, Iconical Fornasetti Face Decor
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The cylindrical shape allows Fornasetti's imagination to create surprising decorative effects in which the shapes follow one another endlessly. The metafisical face design makes this hand-silkscreened metal lamp base...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Stilnovo - 6 Appliques Brass Iron Opaline Glass 50s of the 20th century
By Stilnovo
Located in Milano, IT
d N 6 good-quality wall sconces manufactured by the STILNOVO company, in the 1950s-60s. Made in ITALY.
Category

1950s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Venini Attrib. Chromed Brass and Murano Glass Wall Lamp, Italy 50s
By Venini
Located in Naples, IT
The lamp features a clean, minimalist design typical of the Italian style of the 1950s. The combination of milky blown glass and chrome-plated brass is a classic of the period. The l...
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Rare "380" Floor Lamp by Giuseppe Ostuni & Renato Forti for Oluce, Italy, 1960s
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni, Renato Forti
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
A highly technical and avant-garde design for its time, this floor lamp by Giuseppe Ostuni & Renato Forti for Oluce (Italy, circa 1960) was a true pioneer in lighting design, inspiri...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Organic Midcentury Large Pine Tree Trunk and Glass Sphere Wall Sconces, 1970s
By Temde Leuchten
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Unusual and rare, very large organic wall lamps, each consisting of a heavy tree trunk and three white glass globes. The tree trunks are made of solid pine with a beautiful patina an...
Category

1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Glass, Pine

Original Murano White glass chandelier 6 lights, Vintage Made in Italy in stock
Located in Venezia, IT
Available now - Authentic Murano White glass chandelier 6 lights, Vintage Made in Italy in stock Condition: virtually perfect condition and never used: no heavy scratches, no defects...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass, Steel

Bruno Chiarini Chandelier, Italian Design Brass Murano Glass Mid-Century Modern
By Bruno Chiarini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bruno Chiarini chandelier, Italian design 1950s.
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Murano Round Art Glass and Brass Midcentury Chandelier, 2000
Located in Rome, IT
Fantastic round chandelier in Murano glass and polished brass. Note the shape of the blue Murano glass curls, very beautiful and particular. Simple but very elegant linear Murano cha...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Millefiori Sconce by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian wall light with clear and gold hand blown Murano glass flowers / Made in Italy in the 1960s by Barovier e Toso Measures: height 12.5 inches, width 8 inches, depth 5 i...
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Barocco Style Table Lamp
Located in VALENZA, IT
Superb lamp in solid sterling silver completely worked, embossed and hand chiselled. The square base and the stem are enriched with acanthus leaves, fruits and leaflets, typical of t...
Category

1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Sterling Silver

Ginkgo Leaf Casted Brass Applique
Located in Firenze, FI
This decorative wall light is made in Florence-Italy from the skilled artisan of one of the most antique workhop in town: Bronzetto. The single Ginkgo leaf...
Category

2010s European Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Aurora Flush Mount by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian sputnik flush mount with smoky green Murano glass globes mounted on solid brass frame in satin brass finish / Made in Italy 15 lights / E12 or E14 type / max 40W each Diamete...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano in the Style of Venini Round Polychrome Polyhedra Chandelier, 1960
By Venini
Located in Rome, IT
Splendid Murano glass chandelier with a particular 196 polychromy ranging from transparent to smoked and then to opal turquoise color. Its design is also very particular round but fl...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Maison Baguès Style Multicolor Prisms Crystal Flowers Tole Bow Sconces, c 1930
By Maison Baguès
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Found these in a hotel, in the South of France that is in the middle of restoration. The hotel had these (and a few chandeliers made custom for them). I have a few more sets if need...
Category

1930s French Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Rare Venini Reticello Pendant by Carlo Scarpa, 1940
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing and rare pendant with a precious hand blown reticello Murano glass sphere designed by Carlo Scarpa, 1940. Excellent original condition. One E27 Light bulb 60 Watt. Price ...
Category

1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass

1950 Butterfly Midcentury Italian Design Copper Muran Glass Wall Lamp
Located in Brescia, IT
Butterfly Wall Lamp Italy, 1950 Rare italian wall light Copper and Green Blown Glass Glass in perfect condiction Very Good Condiction Perfect working order
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Copper

Charming Murano glass Chandelier - 185 PINK poliedri
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Elegant Italian pendant light made from 185 pink Murano glasses "poliedri". Structure in gold and brass colored metal. Period:late xx century Dimensions: 40,70 inches (105 cm) height...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Blown Glass, Murano Glass

FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with harlequins (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 1980s Original label on the base ...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Torpedo wall sconces designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, 1960s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Large wall sconces designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Italy 1960s. Brushed metal structure, opal glass diffuser. Excellent condition. Mazzega's origins date back to 1946 in Murano...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

1960s Stilnovo Style Mid-Century Modern Green Metal, Brass and Glass Chandelier
By Stilnovo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A six lights chandelier manufactured in the style of Stilnovo in the Sixties, brass it's in original patina, green painted metal is in good conditions, the white opaline diffusors are in perfect conditions, it works 110-240 volts and needs six regular bulbs. The chandelier is a striking and iconic lighting fixture...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy - Lighting

Materials

Brass

Murano Glass Chandelier by Vintage Murano Gallery 1980
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Villaverla, IT
Exceptional Vintage Murano Glass Chandelier by Vintage Murano Gallery, Circa 1980 This captivating chandelier, crafted by the renowned Vintage Murano Gallery around 1980, is a testa...
Category

1980s Italian Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Saori wall sconce, Kazuhide Takahama, Sirrah, 1970
By Kazuhide Takahama, Sirrah
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Saori" appliques by Kazuhide Takahama, Sirrah production, 1970. Canvas and metal frame. They show signs due to time and wear.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

Castiglioni Midcentury Metal "Light Ball" Italian Sconce for Flos, 1960s
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible mid-century "Light Ball large size" applique in smatised ivory metal and opal glass for Flos. This fantastic lamp was designed by Achille Castiglioni and produced in Italy for Flos in the 1960s. This fantastic light is unique because of the materials, made of ivory white enameled metal and opal glass. Requires an E27 bulb. A fantastic piece that will grace a mid-century living room or bathroom. Measures (cms): diameter - 42 height - 31 Literature: Casa Amica, 27 June 1972, p. 105 Octagon 30 September 1973, p. 149 Sergio Polano, Achille Castiglioni all the works, Electa, Milano, 2001, p. 224 Giuliana Gramigna, repertoire 1950-2000, Allemandi, Torino, 2003, p. 121. The beginnings of Flos (meaning “flower” in Latin) blossomed from a brilliant idea: to create objects, starting with a light bulb, that would change the way of life for both the Italian market and the foreign markets. Dino Gavina and the small Eisenkeil manufacturing facility in Merano, had already been creating furniture alongside design masters such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Afra and Tobia Scarpa. But by the early 1960s, Gavina became convinced the time had come to create new lamps. Using the same technology – conceived in the USA and tested at Eisenkeil – used for the Cocoon lampthe Castiglioni brothers and the Scarpa duo began creating lamps such as the Taraxacum or the Fantasma, with many other beautiful and surprising lamps to follow. And so, from day one, Flos was already reinventing the idea of artificial lighting. Achille Castiglioni (born February 16, 1918, Milan–died December 2, 2002, Milan) was a prolific furniture, lighting, and product Italian designer renown for his ironic, joyful, creative and functional designs that, at times, intersected with ideas explored by conceptual artists. Achille Castiglioni was born into a family with deep appreciation for the arts, as he was the third son of sculptor and coin engraver Giannino Castiglioni and his wife Livia Bolla. He first studied the classics at the Liceo Classico Giuseppe Parini, but then switched to study art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. In 1937, he decided to follow the steps of his two elder brothers, architects Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, by enrolling in the Faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1944–after having to interrupt his studies when he was stationed in Greece and Sicily during World War II. In 1944, immediately after graduating, Achille Castiglioni joined his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo in the design studio that they had founded with Livio’s classmate Luigi Caccia Dominioni in 1937 in Milan. Fortunately for Achille, from the very beginning Livio and Pier Giacomo decided to focus almost entirely on designing exhibitions, furniture, housewares, and appliances since architectural commissions were difficult to come by during the war. This product-design focus, and the deep fraternal bound among the three brothers, would later allow the young Achille to experiment early in his career with emerging techniques and new materials that could communicate a fresh aesthetic sensibility suited for the positive outlook of the post-war European market. The Castiglioni brothers’ important collaboration with Phonola and Brionvega In 1940, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Livio Castiglioni, and Luigi Caccia Dominioni, in collaboration withe the Phonola company, presented in the VII Triennale di Milano (Milan Triennial), titled Exhibition of the Radio, a research study of radio devices that included the Fimi Phonola 547 radio, the first radio encased in Bakelite instead of wood. Shortly after the exhibition, Luigi Caccia Dominioni suspended his professional activity to serve in the military during World War II and left the studio. The development of the FImi Phonola 547 radio would prove fruitful for the three brothers, as it allowed Livio Castiglioni to cement his role as the leading design consultant for Phonola from 1940 until 1960, and for Brionvega, from 1960 until 1964. These relationships brought in further collaboration among the three brothers, and would eventually result in several designs for radio and sound appliances with innovative materials and shapes for which Achille Castiglioni played a key role, such as the RR 226 stereo system for Brinovega (1965), the radio phonograph...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy - Lighting

Materials

Metal

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